There are some obvious big picture issues that stand between us and useful quantum computing. Issues like whether we can make ...

Shor’s algorithm for factoring RSA-2048 (and related problems like elliptic-curve discrete logs) has seen dramatic reductions ...

Horizon Quantum’s cross-hardware software layer targets long-term margins with tools like Triple Alpha to convert code to ...

When checking that solutions to certain problems are correct, it turns out, you can’t get around the inherent complexity of ...

Alphabet is one of the most potent competitors in the quantum computing space. It has some of the most resources of anyone competing, fueled by growing cash flows from its advertising, cloud computing ...

Shanghai-based start-up and researchers unveil platform to turn complex emergent field of computer science into ...

Quantum computers are coming. Or, at least, that’s what current predictions say. These machines harness the power of quantum mechanics, the set of rules governing how physics operates at atomic and ...

Toronto-based Xanadu Quantum Technologies published a new algorithmic optimization on May 21 that halves the Toffoli gate count inside Quantum Read-Only Memory (QROM) subroutines — the single most ...

This article is part of a package on the future of quantum computing. Read about the most promising applications of these machines here and see an illustrated field guide to qubits here. Inside a ...

NIST Internal Report (IR) 8610 describes the evaluation criteria and selection process. These third-round candidates will have the opportunity to submit updated specifications and implementations (i.e ...

A new quantum-inspired algorithm has cracked a problem so massive that conventional supercomputers struggle to even approach it. Researchers used the method to simulate extraordinarily complex quantum ...